Major League Baseball New York Yankees left-handed pitcher Max Fried extended his winning streak to six games since the start of the season.

Fried took the mound as the starting pitcher in a game against the Tampa Bay RAY at Yankee Stadium in New York, U.S., on the 3rd (Korean time), allowing only one hit over seven innings while issuing two walks, hitting one batter, striking out six, and completing a perfect game without allowing any runs. He earned his sixth win of the season (undefeated) and lowered his earned run average to 1.01.

Fried hit Yandy Díaz with a pitch after one out in the first inning, but he ended the inning with a ground ball to third base and a strikeout. After one out in the second inning, he allowed a walk to José Caballero but got the runner out with a pickoff at first base. He ended the inning with a strikeout.

In the third inning, he also walked Danny Jansen after one out but ended the inning with a ground ball double play. The fourth inning was a three-up, three-down, and in the fifth inning, he allowed a single to Caballero after one out but maintained his scoreless performance with a pop-up and a ground out.

The Yankees created a scoring chance with two runners on base after a double by Aaron Judge with one out in the fifth inning, and after two outs, Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run home run over the right-field fence.

Fried pitched a three-up, three-down sixth inning, and in the seventh inning, the leadoff batter reached base due to a shortstop error, but he ended the inning with two strikeouts and a ground ball to the shortstop. After Fried was replaced, Devin Williams recorded a hold without allowing any runs in the eighth inning, and Luke Weaver saved the game without allowing any runs in the ninth inning. The Yankees won 3-0.

On this day, Judge recorded two hits including a double and a triple in four at-bats with one run scored. His season batting average is .400, and he continues his impressive hitting pace with an OPS of 1.298.

Fried is living up to his price tag. The Yankees signed Fried to an eight-year, $218 million contract (approximately 305.7 billion won) last December. This was the largest contract for a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, surpassing David Price's seven-year, $217 million deal with the Boston Red Sox.

Fried debuted in 2017 with the Atlanta Braves and played eight seasons in Atlanta, recording 168 games with 73 wins, 36 losses, and an earned run average of 3.07. Last year, he had 29 games (174.1 innings) with 11 wins, 1 loss, and an earned run average of 3.25, with 166 strikeouts.

He has recorded six wins and no losses with an earned run average of 1.01 in seven games while wearing a Yankees uniform. He is first in Major League wins and first in the American League for earned run average. The only pitcher with a lower earned run average than Fried is Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Los Angeles Dodgers, ERA 0.90). Fried has an astonishing pace with an earned run average of 0.52 (2 earned runs over 34.1 innings) in his last five games.

Fried has been named the American League Pitcher of the Month for April. He finished second in the 2022 National League Cy Young voting, and he is currently the frontrunner for the Cy Young Award.

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